A woman last week, named Tatyana Lokshina, who is a researcher for Human Rights Watch in Russia, received a lot of threatening text messages involving harm
to her and her unborn child. The Human Rights Watch said that this was a
response to the “hostile climate” for these activists. There are many other
human rights groups’ organizations that are also facing threats to their
workers/volunteers. This is all happening because President Vladimir Putin
returned to Kremlin a few months ago. Lokshina received messages that included
threats to her and her pregnancy, and her private, unlisted home address. Some of
the messages stated that she would have an “uneasy birth” and that the senders
of the messages were nearby and coming after her. The messages were implied to make people think
about trying to help the Russians and their human rights. The Human Rights Watch
organizer Kenneth Roth has called on the Russian authorities to investigate
these messages.
President Putin had signed a law in July that stated that all
foreign-funded NGO’s as “foreign agents” and that they are not welcomed. The
U.S. Agency for International Development was ordered to stop operating in
Russia this current month. Many Russians are concerned about what will happen.
The Human Rights Watch stated that “The hostile climate in Russia for human
rights work is worsening”.
I honestly had no idea that the United states was even involved in Russia. I know that Russia is having a hard time, but I did not know that we had human rights activists there trying to help. It is a very weird and cruel thing to threaten a women who is with child. Isn't it illegal to harm women AND children? that's basically life in jail. Then, you throw in all of the other people they threatened, and your just screwed over for eternity. Why would President Putin even come back? didn't no one like him? i just wish everything could go back to "normal" where everyone just wants to help each other become better people.
http://news.yahoo.com/pregnant-human-rights-worker-gets-text-threats-russia-172228924.html
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